AIDS researchers sideline women
Friday, May 18, 2012 - 08:00
in Health & Medicine
Although they account for 25% of those living with HIV in the U.S., women are significantly underrepresented in clinical trials.At any one time, hundreds of clinical trials are underway in the U.S. to test simpler and more effective ways to treat and prevent HIV infection, which afflicts more than 1 million people in this country. Most of those in the U.S. with HIV — and with AIDs in its full-blown stage — are men. So, understandably, men make up the majority of the participants in the trials.